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CTE photo contest winners.

February 25, 2016
CTE photo contest winners.

VICTORY TOWNSHIP (Mason County) — Students participating this year in the West Shore Educational Service District’s Career & Technical Education (CTE) digital media program had an opportunity to submit a photograph into a class photograph competition. The top three winners were Devin Battenfield of Mason County Central High School, Calvin Chase of Walkerville High School, and Lauren Keller of Mason…

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Man dies after vehicle crashes into fence, power pole, house.

February 24, 2016
Man dies after vehicle crashes into fence, power pole, house.

ENSLEY TOWNSHIP, (Newaygo Co.) — A 54-year-old Newaygo man died following a one-vehicle crash on East 128th Street, near Butternut Avenue, Tuesday, Feb. 23, shortly after 9 p.m., according to a press release from Hart post of the Michigan State Police. Based on preliminary investigation by troopers at the scene, it is believed that the man suffered some type of…

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Defendant testifies that cabin break-in was an impulsive decision.

February 23, 2016
Defendant testifies that cabin break-in was an impulsive decision.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 25-year-old Muskegon man testified Tuesday, Feb. 23, in 27th Circuit Court that he made an impulsive decision the night of Sept. 10, 2015, when he and two other suspects broke into a cabin on East Roosevelt Road in Otto Township. “It was kind of a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing,” Anthony Jerald Lummen,…

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Grand Haven man faces jail sentence for larceny.

February 23, 2016
Grand Haven man faces jail sentence for larceny.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 22-year-old Grand Haven man faces a jail sentence after pleading guilty in 27th Circuit Court Tuesday, Feb. 23, to a felony of larceny from a person. In exchange for Tazz Lee-Jim Robinson’s guilty plea, Oceana County Prosecutor Joseph Bizon agreed to cap Robinson’s sentence in the midpoint of the sentencing guidelines, which…

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Repeat domestic-violence offender gets stern warning from judge.

February 23, 2016
Repeat domestic-violence offender gets stern warning from judge.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 60-year-old White Cloud man, who was sentenced in 27th Circuit Court Tuesday Feb. 23 to serve five months up front of a one-year discretionary jail sentence for a conviction of third-offense domestic violence, received a stern warning from Judge Anthony A. Monton. “If you have another instance of domestic violence, you’re going…

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